States and their local authorities should go all out to ensure that construction sites, public parks, and swampy areas in villages and townships are often checked for the breeding of mosquitoes.
Some 13,438 new dengue cases have been recorded in Selangor, as of June 11, 2022, with Klang reporting the highest number of cases by district at 2,257 cases.
HFMD outbreaks this year, totalling 767 outbreaks (22,463 cases) up to April 30, mostly occurred in kindy and preschools at 72%; almost half of nation’s outbreaks reported in Klang Valley.
Dengue cases in Malaysia fell 71% from 90,304 cases in 2020 to 26,365 cases in 2021, even as Khairy Jamaluddin highlights the worrying impact of climate change on dengue transmission.